Character Quotes · Page 196

Policy should not aim to change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada.

— Maxime Bernier

You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life.

— Paul Dietzel

“If I had a clone, I could list myself as a character reference.”

— Jarod Kintz

I played Lord Ram. It was a difficult character because I was just 21 years old and I played Ram at such…

— Gurmeet Choudhary

I think writers should create characters who are human and have a character arc of their own.

— Abhishek Banerjee

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own…

— Maria Montessori

“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

— Colossians 3 14

When you take the high moral road it is difficult for anyone to object without sounding like a complete fool.

— Anita Roddick

Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more…

— Mike Aquilina

I wouldn't be able to tackle a character like Rosalee on 'Underground' without having tackled the many characters I've played before.

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Attitude is everything. It motivates action, which increases productivity and improves morale, which perpetuates a positive attitude.

— Robert Urich

Freedom is what we all seek, but it's what we do with that freedom that ultimately defines our character. In the end,…

— Sonny Barger

Hardly a name in profane history is more august than his. Hardly another character in the world's record has made so little…

— Justin Winsor

All my characters have got a big slice of me in them. A big piece of me, because it's my dialogue and…

— Wilbur Smith

I didn't see my character, Core, as a cannibal but as somebody who is extremely passionate and who doesn't have any conscience.…

— Beatrice Dalle

“You think some are bad or evil or whatnot, but somewhere along the way they were someone's baby, suckling the teat like…

— Alan Heathcock

Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

... when he saw her sitting there all alone, so young, and good, and beautiful, and kind to him; and heard her…

— Charles Dickens

I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to…

— Mark Twain

My central strength as an actor is the fact that I'm 6 foot 3. A certain power emanates from my size, juxtaposed…

— Jimmy Smits

Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best…

— Meryl Streep

There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates…

— Elif Safak

As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself…

— John Adams

After 'Jessica Jones' came out, I started hearing firsthand from a lot of women who were so inspired by the character, who…

— Krysten Ritter

Anyone Stands Erect By Bending Over The Fallen. Will Rises By Lifting Others…

— Pacifiersucker

To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality.

— Ayn Rand

I don't want to play the lead and look like a hero. I am open to do character roles; what is the…

— Aparshakti Khurana

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

— Charles Darwin

“God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?”

— William Arthur Ward

But I'm not, I'm legitimate, I'm a legitimate character actor of the theatre and film.

— William Hartnell

Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.

— Ali Fazal

I enjoy working on new, different types of characters. Playing a range is what excites me.

— Juliet Landau

When audiences start calling you by your character's names, your job is done!

— Prabhas

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

— Jean M. Auel

Good characters are rare. As long as I find one or two a year, I'm happy.

— Ludivine Sagnier

They Say Laughter Is The Best Medicine, But If You're Laughing For No Particular Reason, You Need Medicine...

— Pacifiersucker

When any character gets killed, there's always a sadness about that, because they're part of the family in a way.

— Jeremy Podeswa

Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.

— Harvey Mackay

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

— Elbert Hubbard

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied…

— William Hazlitt